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Athens July 4th 06_Dalum7 Flexicurity Denmark is probably the country in Western Europe where it is most easy to sack an employee. The ’trick’ is high level of unemployment benefits and a rather flexible workforce.

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Athens July 4th 06_Dalum8 Low-Tech Export Specialisation Denmark is dominated by the low-tech industries in manufacturing exports. But that is – to a smaller extent - also an important feature for Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands (and Greece). In terms of multinationals: big diffences between Denmark versus Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands.

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Athens July 4th 06_Dalum11 Solution of the Danish ’Paradox’? Knowledge based learning pervasise in the ’low- tech’ industries. But the industrial structure represent a constant ’uphill battle’. The Flexicurity model. Macroeconomic discipline. However, the long term demographic challenges are not sufficiently taken into account, yet?